Monthly Archives: January 2012

He says: “I have given back my £1m bonus, so I have only £1.2m to live on this year, and I am really worth more than 2,000 times the 3 billion people who live on less than £600 a year. … Continue reading →

[UPDATE: Since posting this I have been anonymously emailed a small and a large version of the relevant image. I cannot advocate what is possibly an illegal activity, but then neither can I stop you printing these out and sticking … Continue reading →

I previously suggested a coherent coordinated strategy to unite Occupy Edinburgh and effect real change. Since then events have led me to believe that it is unlikely that people will be persuaded to do as I suggested. However, there is … Continue reading →

[Update. August 2014. Gary Wilson’s new book on pornography addiction is now out! See the cover to the left.] Today I heard a troubling discussion of the phenomenon of Internet pornography addiction amongst youngsters. Anecdotal evidence suggests that this … Continue reading →

A few days ago I presented some ideas at a meeting of Occupy Edinburgh. I re-present them here so that they might receive a wider audience. Please excuse my bad drawing and penmanship! Fundamental questions Fundamental questions are: What is … Continue reading →

[This is No.1 in a series of blog posts on Paul Johnson’s statement on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that he admired Chilean mass-murderer General August Pinochet because he ‘prevented civil war’. You may read the others here: No.5, … Continue reading →

Introduction I presented these at Stills Democratic Camera Club on Thursday 12 January 2012. All the pictures in this collection were taken in the course of short circular walks from my home. Each picture has some relevance to the sub-theme … Continue reading →